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	Eglwys Sant Bedrog/St Pedrog’s Church LL53 7TU Pwllheli (Llanbedrog) United Kingdom
Denomination:	Anglican
Congregation:	Bro Enlli (Esgobaeth Bangor/Diocese of Bangor, Archdeaconry of Meirionnydd, Synod Gogledd Meirionnydd)
Geogr. Coordinates:	52.85546° N, 4.48257° W
Reference year:	1254
Architectural style:	Gothic
Building type:	Single-nave church
Description:	Early Gothic single-nave church with square south west tower
Name derivation:	From St Petroc


Building material	Built of rubble, slated roof


Pulpit	Octagonal pulpit (19th cent.)
Font	Octagonal font (19th cent.)
Noteworthy	Oak screen between chancel and nave (early 16th cent.)

History:

1254:	First written record; the building probably dates from the early 13th cent.
16th cent.:	Extension and/or rebuilding at the east end
1827:	Repairs performed (according to a tablet in the tower)
1895:	Construction of the tower and the vestry
1995:	Vestry rebuilt and extended

Important persons:

Patron:

Petrocus (Engl. Petroc, Welsh Pedrog, Fr. Perreux, d. c. 564, Welsh hermit, later abbot of Padstow (Cornwall), patron saint of Cornwall and Devon)

Sources

British Listed Buildings: Church of St Pedrog, https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/300004297-church-of-st-pedrog-llanbedrog#.W-NAFich3OQ, retrieved 07/11/2018